Nearly a half a million people clicked on my story yesterday about the Facebook giraffe riddle. Today, there's a problem. An argument. Seems social media can't decide what's the right answer. Is it door or eyes? For those of you who slept through yesterday, here's the riddle again: "It's 3 a.m., the doorbell rings and you wake up. Unexpected visitors! It's your parents and they are here for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese. What is...

Sometimes sticking your neck out on social media makes for a long day. After the U.S. defeated Ghana on Monday in World Cup play, the airline tweeted its congratulations. The tweet contained two photos: One to represent the U.S.: The Statue of Liberty. Of course. Another to represent Ghana: A giraffe. Ummmm ... problem: There are no giraffes in Ghana. And Twitter was quick to point that out, with some calling Delta racist for taking a stereotypical view of...

An 11-year-old male giraffe that was found unresponsive Saturday morning at the Brookfield Zoo died of a broken neck after getting tangled in a rope, a necropsy showed. The giraffe, Dusti, was found caught in a rope by a staff member about 7 a.m. at the zoo's exhibit Habitat Africa! The Savannah, officials said. He had been checked on at 4:30 a.m. and was fine, but at some point reached over his enclosure in the main exhibit space, stretched around a 90-degree angle and...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (Reuters) - Kyah, a 6-month-old giraffe at the Oklahoma City Zoo, died on Tuesday during a risky surgical procedure being performed for the first time on a giraffe in hopes that it would save her life, a zoo spokeswoman said. A team of 12 experts assisting in the four-hour surgery was unable to repair a life-threatening condition known as persistent right aortic arch, and ultimately Kyah was euthanized in the operating room, said Tara Henson,...

Copenhagen Zoo's scientific director and other staff have received death threats after a healthy giraffe was killed to avoid inbreeding among the long-necked beasts there, the zoo said on Monday. But director Bengt Holst said it was the right decision and he would be ready to do the same with another animal if needed. The death of Marius, an 18-month-old male shot on Sunday and then dissected in front of crowds at the zoo, has created a uproar among animal lovers in Denmark and...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Copenhagen Zoo euthanized four healthy lions on Monday just a few weeks after putting down and publicly dissecting a young giraffe, causing outrage among animal lovers around the world. The zoo said it had killed a 16-year old male lion, a lioness of around the same age and two younger females after a new male lion arrived on Sunday as part of a program to renew the zoo's breeding stock. "Now two young females born in 2012 have become mature...

Why would all of your Facebook friends start changing their profile photos to a giraffe? No, they weren't hacked. They failed to solve a riddle that's spreading like wildfire across Facebook. If you get the riddle wrong, you have to change your profile photo. "It's 3 a.m., the doorbell rings and you wake up. Unexpected visitors! It's your parents and they are here for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese. What is the first...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Animal lovers enraged by Copenhagen Zoo's decision to kill a giraffe last week could barely contain their anger when a second Danish zoo said it might put down a another of the animals a few days later. But they, and the giraffe, had a reprieve on Friday when Jyllands Park Zoo in Western Denmark said it now had no such plans, for the immediate future at least. Copenhagen Zoo's scientific director and other staff received death...

Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Copenhagen Zoo went ahead with a plan to shoot and dismember a healthy giraffe on Sunday and feed the 18-month-old animal's carcass to lions - an action the zoo said was in line with anti-inbreeding rules meant to ensure a healthy giraffe population. The giraffe, named Marius, was shot in the head and then cut apart in view of children, according to a video of the incident released by the Denmark-based production company Localize. ...

Killing a giraffe This is in response to "The death of Marius the giraffe; A zoo violates common sense and compassion" (Editorial, Feb. 11). While the zoo spokesman described the spectators looking at Marius being dissected as "very enthusiastic," looking at the Tribune photograph doesn't confirm that they were, especially the children. In fact, it's a good thing the beloved giraffe was shown being fed to other animals. I bet a good number of them will turn vegetarians, especially the...

Workers at the Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday killed Marius, a young male giraffe, with a gun to the head and harvested his flesh for research and for (big) cat food. The skinning, carving and eating were all done in full public view. While a zoo spokesman said the spectators were "very enthusiastic," the reaction elsewhere sounded like, well, the cry of a wounded animal. Many animal lovers were shocked by the blasting and butchering of one of these impressive and winsome animals merely because its...

After reading and hearing about the completely unnecessary execution of Marius, the healthy 18-month-old giraffe, I felt revulsion, anger and sadness. The Copenhagen Zoo had many other viable options that did not have to end with a bullet in Marius' head. For Bengt Holst, the zoo's scientific director, to deem Marius as having little genetic value does not justify the killing of this marvel of nature. When you add the stray dog culling in Sochi, Russia and the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji,...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Copenhagen Zoo euthanized four healthy lions on Monday just a few weeks after putting down and publicly dissecting a young giraffe, causing outrage among animal lovers around the world. The zoo said it had killed a 16-year old male lion, a lioness of around the same age and two younger females after a new male lion arrived on Sunday as part of a program to renew the zoo's breeding stock. "Now two young females born in 2012 have become mature...

What do Danish zoos have against giraffes named Marius? The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo said on Wednesday it might put down one of its giraffes, which by coincidence is also named Marius, just as the giraffe Copenhagen Zoo slaughtered on Sunday to the disgust of animal lovers around the world, according to Danish news agency Ritzau. Jyllands Park Zoo in western Denmark might put down its seven-year-old Marius if the zoo manages to acquire a female giraffe, which is...

What do Danish zoos have against giraffes named Marius? The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo said on Wednesday it might put down one of its giraffes, which by coincidence is also named Marius, just as the giraffe Copenhagen Zoo slaughtered on Sunday to the disgust of animal lovers around the world, according to Danish news agency Ritzau. Jyllands Park Zoo in western Denmark might put down its seven-year-old Marius if the zoo manages to acquire a female giraffe, which is...

Workers at the Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday killed Marius, a young male giraffe, with a gun to the head and harvested his flesh for research and for (big) cat food. The skinning, carving and eating were all done in full public view. While a zoo spokesman said the spectators were "very enthusiastic," the reaction elsewhere sounded like, well, the cry of a wounded animal. Many animal lovers were shocked by the blasting and butchering of one of these impressive and winsome animals merely because its...

Poachers of a sort have robbed a Barrington art school of its prized companion: an 85-pound, seven-foot sculpture of a giraffe. Police said the metal creature, was reported stolen Friday. It was worth more than $1,000, they said. "We`ve had the sculpture chained outside our art school for about six years," said the manager of Kaleidoscope Gallery Inc., 205 S. Cook St., in Barrington. "It was more or less our mascot."

Copenhagen Zoo's scientific director and other staff have received death threats after a healthy giraffe was killed to avoid inbreeding among the long-necked beasts there, the zoo said on Monday. But director Bengt Holst said it was the right decision and he would be ready to do the same with another animal if needed. The death of Marius, an 18-month-old male shot on Sunday and then dissected in front of crowds at the zoo, has created a uproar among animal lovers in Denmark and...

The Copenhagen Zoo went ahead with a plan to shoot and dismember a healthy giraffe on Sunday and feed the 18-month-old animal's carcass to lions - an action the zoo said was in line with anti-inbreeding rules meant to ensure a healthy giraffe population. The giraffe, named Marius, was shot in the head and then cut apart in view of children, according to a video of the incident released by the Denmark-based production company Localize. The zoo's plans had...